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a Ncwapaprr Heat.

n NcWHpaprr bcht.
"Onc of the hes, beats | ever heard off,
said AN old newspaper man, "was one which
myself was fortunate enough Ia secure for n
paper | was editing and managing al the time
in Gunnison, Col The sheriff and his dep
niy had gone out In pursuit Of some cattle
thieves and had followed them into the Indian
reservation. We were within comparatively
short distance of the boundary line. After u
few days the report came back that the two
officers had encountered the thieves and had
been killed. The community was Immediately
thrown into n condition of red hot Indignation
party of one hundred and fifty was organized
ut once To lynch the cattle thieves and avengc
the murder of the sheriff The details of the
organization and the starting ont printed in
full in our paper, anl arranged for bona Hic
messages from the party for the first fifteen
miles of their progress. There was n rival
paper In the town, and up Ia this point we
We're running pretty even. For the next few
days We printed purely imaginary accounts of
the expedition. ! knew the route the party
was following and was able In throw In n good
day, as ! was going 10 my house, which stood
about quarter mile from the town, for my
supper, my reflections as 10 where | was going
To get my next days story from We're suddenly
interrupted by the appearance of SOLITARY
horsenlan coming along at n brealncck pace.
When he came within n hundred yards of me |
recognized the sheriff lie pulled up on See
ing me. told lin at once that he must not
go home To his wife until had seen her, as she
believed linn dead. lie saw the force of my
remark He took his supper with me, | went
over and broke the joyful news to his wife, and
then | induced him TO stay at my house all
night. ] got his whole story and printed Just
as much as all my printers could SET mp. Did
you ever hear of such SCOOP When the two
papers came out the next morning il was Just
the luck of the opposition sheet to make point
of the statement that the rcscuing party were IN
great hopes of securing the shcriil's body. At
and walked through Gunnison. II was the
making of my paper
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IIntiic nInckfori,s Dnmghtcr.


A Paris correspondent tells the following
story: "1rhc annals of the dcmi.mondc hold
many sad tragedy among them. The tales
that they tell are not always of u washer
woman's daughter who captiyatcd an Emperor
aud died surrounded with wealth and luxury.
One of the most mournfu histories that ever
driftcd to me from such source was told 10
me the other day An American gentleman, a
wealthy bachelor, now residing In London, was
invited one evening 10 u very superb enter
iainmcnt given by one OF the leading members
of the hall-world of that city. The utmost de-
cortm marked all the details of the affair,
which was further distinguished by the beauty
OF the female guests and the elegance Of their
toilets. AT supper my countryman found him
self seated beside young girl, apparently hut
little over twenty years of age. She was not
exactly pretty, but she was pleasing both In
appearance AMI manners, and her conversation
denoted degree of refinement and education
unusual In n member of that sort of society.
In fact, she told him, In the course of convcrsi,-
tion, how bitterly she loathcd her mode of life,
aud how she nr,lcntly desired Ia escape from 1t,
adding that she hal hopes of going upon the
stage and IN that manner supporting herself.
u can sing WELL she said, and ] can dance
well. anh am told that these accomplishments
will he very useful TO me In theatrical career
Then asked the gentleman, what caused you,
a refined and educated girl, To he placed in
s,ich positiong How came YOU take up the
life yoli are now lcadingY Her answer, the
saddcst that young girls lips can frame in
that saidcst of all situations in life, was simply
| My MOTHER
| 'Shc was the daughter of Mrs Hattie Black
forl, the notorious Fanny Lear the worst and
most beautiful of all the American alvcn,ur-
csses who ut one time or another have made
European society ring with the stories of their
vice and their cscapadcs. Her father was u
| Philadelphia clergyman. She died year ago
OF drink AMI dissipation, not yet forty years of
age, her marvellous beauty utterly departed her
wealth all squandered, drunkard AMI u
| paupcr, and but for the devotion Of her I'M
happy cld, who pawncd every article she pos
scsscd 10 pay for her food and medicines, and
aftcrwarl for her funeral the woman who had
quecned IT in palaces would have lacked the
nccessaiics of life IN her last illness and Chris.
| tian hlra after It's fatal termination
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THE STORY OF A DAGGER

- LDmJmdn's MdDd.inc.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-06
Ninth-SIrert Shaving ParlOr.

Mr, j. II Sll lEpii ERD has opened "A Ii,,,nd. New
fi,i,.iass ~ HAVING AND Alh-pRl2SSING
slit,i' IN the uunioh builiing, on Ninth skect.
af'-u H. IA, sHEpiHRD.
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BARBAROUS JOKES.
Some Little P1easantries INDUCED in by the
Son of the Shah.

Some Little P1easantries Indulged in by the
Son of the Shah.
Wolf Won Schierbrand. in December Cosmopolitan,
OF the practical jokes OF the heir to the Per
sian throne many examples are given; many
amples are also given of his energy and incor
ruptibiity In certain important emergency.
Last year, during the melon season, soldier
had picked a melon and devoured it without pay
ing the peasant for it the stipulated price, five
Shake (3k cents) The peasant went to COM
plain TO Massoud Mira, whose is always
open, even to the lowest. After listening to his
plant, he said: well. you shall have justice
/ will test this matter to the core. Bring in the
soldier" The gormandizing soldier was brought
in. 'Cut this man's belly open," he said to the
executioner. If there is melon inside" he
added to the peasant, You will get your money;
If not of goes your head" The soldier was cut
open, the melon found. and the peasant paid.
A mollah (priest) owned a fine property.
sisting of house and shady garden in Ispanan.
The Prince coveted it, and ccnfiscated it finally.
To ali demands of the mollah to restore the
property. the Prince invariably answered, Far
da" tomorrow The mollah went to Teheran
obtained audience with the Shah, and told
him what was the trouble. The Shah gave the
mollah frman running to this effect: "My
denr sou-Give the mollah his property back, for
he is just and upright man with a kind heart"
The NOLAN went back to Teheran and showed
the letter to the lilies. Sultan. $50 you have
a kind heart" he said, frowning. ''Why did
you not say so before? However. I'll have to
convince myself of that" He clapped his
mans heart OUT he said 'Do it tenderly, so
it won't hurt him" The heart was cut out and
brought to the Prince salver. He viewed
it critically, patted it with his hand, and then
said: 80 that is kind heart I'm glad I've
seen one Give the mollah back his heart and
his property now. What, he's dead2 All, well,
then I suppose must keep it after All. Put
him in another house-one where he'll stay!"
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Rrief NTentf0D

The Decatur natural-gas well, 1900 feet deep,
filed up with salt water Saturday. and it will be
abandoned, at loss of about $4,000 to George
and John Stare.
At Newton. Charles NIcCullom and Slas NAL
colin We're found guilty of the murder of George
Bowers in 1888. They were sentenced to the
penitentiary for twenty-one years.
Red Cloud, chief of the Sioux. has written
Prof. 6. Water. pastor of the Christian Church
in Centralia, that he will give a lecture in that
town while on his way East to the great
father. He will leave the agency about Jan 10,
and will be accompanied by Sitting Bull and the
seven subcouncil chiefs viii go with them.
The State Board of Agriculture is receiving
reports of most discouraging nature with re
gard to the crop prospects for next year The
winter-wheat crop is of very poor quality. and
the yield will be small Cattle are being shipped
out of the State rapidly possible, because
the price of is too high to feed with profit.
Stephenson county attorneys are already dis
cussing the probable successor of Judge John
V. Eustace. Judge Crabtree and William Bar
gee of Dixon; J. H. Cartwright, of Oregon;
James Shaw. of Mount Carroll; David Sheehan,
of Galena. and William III. Bennett, of Sterling,
named probable candidates. The nomi-
nation is non partisan, and the election will
shortly be ordered by the Governor
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affairs When Mr. Belmont heard what had
been done he rushed TO Postmaster Dalton and
declared that if be would not give the annual
position to him he would Withdraw his support
from The House postofice." Mr.. Dalton ex-
pressed regret, but was firm. Mr.. Belmont then
declared that he would never receive another
piece of mail at the House postofice under the
present management and asked how he could
have his mail sent to the city postofice. Mr..
Dalton told him that if he would write out
order addressed TO the city postmaster, he would
attend TO the transfer of the mail ard that il
went to mr. Belmont at the postofice down
town hereafter The New York member in
ger. declared that he would thereafter go down
town for his mali. and left the House postoffce
In huff. -Four or five days ELAPSED. Dir. Bel
mont entered the House postoffice for the first
time since be had made his boyish declaration
Calling Mr. Dalton aside he said
Il guess we had better let chat matter drop.
My mail will come here, as it always did"
But Mr.. Belmont believes that he is quite
right in the position he took, and doesn't seem
to see what "noseeay7 he made OF himself.
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MINOR MATTERS.

Social Gsyeties of the Past Week, with Some
Mention of Those to Come.
eS,eciai to the indianapolis JournE,
WASHINGTON, Dec 18.-The past week in So
ciety has been rather gay one. Dinners and
luncheons, theater and supper parties, have
followed one another in quick succession. There
have been, besides, several large parties. wed
dings, receptions aud afternoon teas. This
week the social events will be confined to the
home circle. Much time and attention will be
given to the series of juvenile gayetes which is
to more or less fill up the time during Christ
mas-tide. Very few important social
affairs will occupy official society
until after Christmas day, when in
vltations will begin to pile up
in real earnest, and the gayeties follow in the
same way. In the diplomatic circle three large
balls may be looked for. The date for the an
nual ball at the English legation has already
been announced, and cards will be sent out
Christmas week. The Mexican minister and
Nine Romero intend, also, giving one large en-
tertainment the initial festivity in the
spacious new legation. The Chinese minister
will, doubtless. keep up his reputation of being
one or the most good natured hosts, and ceie-
brate the EmDress's birthday, the Chinese New
Year. or something else. with fete before the
season wanes.
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firm has purchased over 500. 0o0worth of pearls
found east of Texas. The pearls are rarely en-
tirely round, usually little oblong button
shaped fat on the back, and initiating every
conceivable form, such as beetles. fish, bird
wings, and often have had this feature assisted
in the mounting of enamel and gold. after the
manner Of Dinglinger pearls at the famous
Dresden Green Vaults. The color is rarely a
true white, usually pink blush. often
lridescent. The nacre is smoother if anything,
than in the Oriental pearls, and they are often
more beautiful; single pearls have been sold for
over $4,000
Only one pearl of any kind is found in hun
dred shells, and usually one in thousand of
any value, so that it is not very profitable pur-
suit The indscrimnate killing off of the mus
sells in fishing and by poisonous sewage will
eventually lead to their determination. The
greatest destroyers, however, are the hogs,
which kill off whole banks in a single low tide.
Pearls are also secreted by the common hard
shell clam Venus mercenaria) these are usually
white. tinged with purple. almost black.
The latter cOlors are preferred although they
have little value. They sell at from 81 to 500
each, and are found large hazel-nut
The common conch (Strombus gigasl, fshed ex-
tensivey on the Florida coast for bait, often
contains the so-called pink pearls. Although
they are not true pearls they have sold at 81 600
each. Our oyster pearls have neither value nor
beauty.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Frederick K. Stearns president of the De-
troit ball club. has rendered his resignation,
owing to pressure of other business.
The queen of the Gypsies was scrowned, Sat
urday night at Fl. George on the Sioux reser-
walton. The queen is Mrs. Douglas Carln. the
intelligent Indian princess recently married to
white man.
The trial of BENJAMIN E. Hopkins in progress
at Cincinnati, has been postponed, on account of
the illness of Judge Sage's wife, until Jan. 10.
When the jurors return on Tuesday they will
be dismissed until that time.
On Friday evening, at Speckardsville, Mo,
William Kirk killed his brother in law Robert
Kirk. The quarrel grew out of dog fight,
during which Robert kicked the wrong dog.
whereupon William slaShed the other in the
throat with dirk, severing the jugular vein.
At the quarterly meeting of the Philadelphia
Hibernian Society, last evening, President
Cleveland. VIM. E. Gladstone, Governors Biggs,
of Delaware; Beaver, of Pennsylvania; Fitz
Hugh Lee, of Virginia, and Gordon, of Georgia.
were elected honorary members
Daniel Drawbaugh. who claims to have in
vented the telephone, is at work a novel
useful in time of war; either on land or at
He asserts that by the of his contriv-
ance the approach on a body of men ship
be detected ten miles away.
BY the premature explosion of blast in Mis-
souri, Pacific coal mine No g. Fleming,
Kan, Saturday afternoon, three men-John
Edwards, aged twenty-five; VIM. Reed, aged
twenty three, and VIM. Hunter. aged forty five
were killed. The force of sixty-two men had
left the mine only few minutes before the ex-
ploson occurred.
The two well-dressed women who We're ar
rested at Cincinnati for stealing lot of gold
chains, last week. from a jewelry store have
been identified by description two wellknown
shop-lifters of New York The stolen property,
which they sent by express to New York, has
been obtained there, and will be sent back to be
used in their trial at Cincinnati.
James Hickey. blind beggar and his wife
Elizabeth. Were both found dead yesterday in
wretched little room at No 81 Cherry street.
New York. The woman was fully dressed and
lay upon bed. dead, it is supposed. of alcohol
ism. while her husband, who has usually at
tended mass on Sunday mornings, had suddenly
dropped dead while dressing. There were no
indications of suicide.
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Fred Douglass's wit.

Washington Special.
few nights ago Mr. Douglass was one of the
speakers land the best one) at the reception
given to O'Connor and Esmonde in Masonic
Hall His wit and eloquence never showed more
brightly, and he kept the great audience in
shouts of laughter and roars of applause from
the moment he began until he closed.
Mr. Douglass told about a conversation that
was overheard in a crowd between two Irlshmen
after he had made speech in Ohio.
Said one freshman: THAT was a mighty
phoine speech fer to be made by nayger"
''Ah, yes, it was quote phoine; but he is only
q half-nsyger."
well. if half a mayer make such a
speech, and phwat the dIyil kind of a magnifi-
cent speech would whole mayer maker
In meeting of 1rishmen. mainly to paw hon.
age to two noted Irishmen this story convulsed
the audience with laughter. and their applause
into yells Of delight.
The audience broke loose again when Mr..
Douglass said he had consented to come 70 the
meeting merely to give little color to the
sion.
But the great point of his speech was reached
when he said slowly and soennly: Fifty
years ago | stood on the same platform with
Daniel OConnel the Irish liberator, on the
banks of the Liffey. and before the vast throng
he turned TO and said / rejoice TO grasp by
the hand the black OConneu of America"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-19
THE PROHIBITION ROW.
One of the Myers Faction Has Something to
Say About the Recent Trouble.

The circular of DR.. j. G. L. Myers relative to
the course OF Sylvester Johnson and other
liberal Prohinitionsts in regard to the Tenth
district congressional nomination is still in
isteuce. At least one copy of it is, notwith-
stan ding the assertion that after Mr.. johnson
replied to it the copies were destroyed by the
writer. printer and those to whom they were
addressed. John B. Jaques, a member of the
State central committee, and who like Dr.
Myers, believes in nominating q candi,
date for every Office at every election,
no matter how unimportant the Office or cleo
ton may be, produces the circular Its matter,
under the title Private Circular to Prohibition.
ists," is, as mas been stated, an attack on Mr.
johnson for not urging the nomination of a Pro-
hibitIon candidate for Congress in opposition to
w. ID. Owen, of the Tenth district John B
Jacques was represented having something
do with the authorship of the circular, but thit
he denies, although he knows of reason
for being ashamed OF the part he took
in it's circulation. He wants DIR. Myers to have
the full credit due him for writing the circular.
Mr.. Jaques says that at a meeting of the Stat
central committee be introduced q resolution
fusion Endorsement of old party candidates
and no seeking of Endorsement for Pr ohibitlou
candidates, and that there should be rohibi-
ton candidate for Congress in every district.
The resolution was adopted. Thus" says
Mr.. Jaques, 1.-The committee did not pursue tho
policy of non-interference Mr. Johnson
Second Third, Fifth and Tenth districts werG
without candidates; but in very short time
thereafter nominations were made IN each Of
them and the party went to the polls with NOM
inee for Congress in every district in theeState.
This destroys the statement that Mr. Owen had
no Prohi bition opponent Sylvester johnson il
reported as saying Il was appointed to repre-
sent the State the national committee
Nothing could be further from the
truth He sought the position by soliciting
of the members of the State central
committee, by whom the national committee
man to be elected. When the votes were
counted Mr.. johnson was found to have
ceved two votes against ten for j. s. Hughes,
who favors straight-out nominations for every
Office. 1t was due TO this fact that he received
gratifying Endorsement, especially when
opposed by q man who holds TO the policy OF
Observation-Disclosures.
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How to Give q Dinner Party.

Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The first thing to be considered in giving a
dinner is its size, and a careful. thoughtful
housekeepsr never makes mistake It is only
the needless ard inexperienced who fail into
trap here A crowded table is always a discom-
fort. except in an informal friendly scramble at
jolly house for Sunday night tea. One servant
can never serve more than ten persons At dinner
without the whole thing dragging. which is a
certain death blow to dinners success.
II has the habit Of frequent din
nergiying. it is we'll to limit the num-
Der asked TO eight. with servant in
attendance; to twelve, with two. ANYTHING
larger than this Except the gathering together
Of the clans on high days and holidays becomes
exceedingly formal, and a servant should be pro-
v1Ged for every TWO at most three persons In
most of the homes OF America the houses
built two narrow for a round-tabie to be put into
the dining room. and while deploriIg the ab-
seuce of that adjunct to bright, general CONVEX
saton at small dinners. it furnishes
another argument in favor of limiting
the guests to eight three a side
being many host hostess can
reach in conversation. An argument in favor of
ten advanced in some instances is that this num-
Der assists a hostess in seating a gentle man at
tie right of every lady, and vice versa. This is
certainly an advantage. but not a compeusa ton
for slow dinner, and, stated, ten al
table is sure to entail slowness if butler OF
maid servant serve alone. One more thing a
hostess must bear in mind. The invited guests
must be congen;al, not necessarily acquainted,
but persons of the same tastes interested In the
same class of subjects. not those whose ideas
and opinions are wholly at variance.
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Minor Notes.


Garland Post, G.. A. r., at Waveland has
elected J. B. Dooley as commander, and W. II.
Fullenwider as adjutant.
The Rev. S. y. Hathorn, who disappeared
from Kewanna, Nov. Is, was found on Friday
working in feed-yard at Lafayette. He re-
turned home.
In 1848 perpetual charter given to the
Council Grove Minute Men by the Legislature,
and the meetings are still held yearly. Council
Grove is in the southwestern part of Tippecanoe
county, near Shawnee Mound
At Fairfield James Dubois stabbed Frank
Houston below tn e left nipple with a pocket
knife while engaged in quarrel Hueston is
thought to be fatally wounded. as he is bleeding
inwardly Dubois was lodged in jail at Brook
vile to await results
Rev. NJ. B. McKinsey, of Frankfort, who has
been holding revival at Mt. Olivet Church.
twins. at the same time one with his right
hand. and one with the left. This was the re
quest of the young ladies.